Mirror-adjusting hinge.



C.C.POWELL MIRROR ADJUSTING HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. 1915.

l l 86,607. Patented June 13, 1916.

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- l 42 J5 aune/who@ CLEMENT C. POWELL, OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

MIRROR-ADJUSTING HINGE.

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Application led May 13, 1915.

T0 all w/wm t may concern Be it known that I, CLEMENT C. POWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in Vthe county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror-Ad justing Hinges; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de.-V

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges and more particularly to hinges for mirrors.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient hinge so constructed that the mirror or other object supported thereby may be tilted and held at any desired angle and which may be instantly released by a device operable at theside of the mirror supporting frame.

vWith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l represents a rear elevation of a dresser having a mirror equipped with this improved hinge; Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of a portion of the dresser showing this improved hinge in operative position; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4; is a horizontal section taken on the line 4f-4l of Fig. 2; Fig. is a similar view taken on the line 5 5 or' Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which one of the trunnions is constructed; Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section showing a slightly different form of the invention, and Fig. 8 is a detail front elevation of the toothed disk employed in connection with the form shown in Fig. 7.

In the embodiment illustrated the hinge is shown applied to a dresser D having the usual uprights or standards S between which the mirror frame F is pivotally supported.

The hinge embodying this invention, one of which is employed disposed at one side of the frame F, comprises a ing an attaching plate 2 at one end for securing it to the mirror frame F in the position shown in Fig. 1 with the cylinder 1 projecting laterally outward beyond the Specification of Letters Patent.

lbeing disposed at the cylinder l hav- Patented June 13., 1916. Serial No. 27,873.

side edge of the frame F and overlapping the rear face of the adjacent standard S, forming a trunnion which is journaled in a trunnion bracket or clip 3 secured to the rear face of the adjacent standard S.

The cylinder l is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 4; in which a lug 5 in the cylinder is designed to reciprocate, a coiled spring 7 inner end of the cylinder l between the inner wall thereof and the inner end ofthe pin 6 so that it normally exerts its tension to force said pin outwardly. The trunnion bracket or clip 3 is shown constructed of a rectangular metal plate or strap having its ends apertured to receive fastening elements and provided between said elements with an outwardly bowed semi-cylindrical portion 3 which is adapted to span the cylinder and permit said cylinder to turn therein.

The inner edge of the bowed portion 3 the bracket 3 is provided with a plurality of notches 8 designed to be engaged by the lug 5 on the pin 6 for holding-the cylinder and the mirror frame with which it is connected in adjusted position relatively to the said clip so that the frame may be adjusted and held at any desired. angle, the walls of said notches being perpendicular to prevent the accidental release end of the pin yond the outer end of the cylinder l and is preferably provided with a linger button 9 to facilitate the inward movement thereof against the tension of the spring 7 when it is desired to release the lug 5 from the notch in the clip to permit the mirror frame to swing .freely between said clips for changing the adjustment of said frame. y

In Fig. 6, a rectangular plate is shown which may be of iron or other suitable material and from which the cylinder l and its attaching plate 2 are formed by slitting' the plate obliquely from its opposite sides as shown at l0 for about one-third of the width of the plate and then rolling the side edges thereof to form the cylinder, said edges being united by able manner.

In Fig. 7, a cylinder l is shown provided at its inner end with laterally extending lugs ll and l2 which are designed to prevent the cylinder from turning when it is riveting o-r in any other suit.

mounted in large colonial open standards 11.0

' through which adjustment or and when so used, an annular disk 13 is employed provided with radially extending teeth. 14, said disk being vdesigned to be countersunk in an open standard and the cylinder l is designed to pass, said disk forming a bearing for the cylinder. From the above description it will be olovious that when it is desired to change the angle of the mirror all that to push the bottom .9 at the Vis necessary is a suiiicient disright side thereof inward tance to disengage the lug pin 6 on which said button is mounted from the notch with which it is engaged and 'which is formed on the inner edge of the bracket 3 and when so released, the frame lmay be swung to any desired position and held in such position by releasing the button 9. When said button is released, the spring 7 will force the pin 6 outwardly, causing the lug thereon to enter the notch'in the lin adjusted position.

I claim as my invention: y A hinge comprising a combined trunmon land attaching device composed of a rectanopies of this patent may be obtained for 5 carried by they `ing for said trunnion having bracket 3, and thus hold the mirror frame ve cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

gular plate slit obliquely from its opposite sides, said plate at the rear of said slits being apertured and in advance thereof being rolled and the side edges of said rolled portion united to form a cylindrical trunnion, points formed on said rolled portion at the inner end thereof, said points being overlapped to form a closure for the inner end of the cylinder, the side edges of the rolled portion of they plate being provided with registering recesses to form a slot in the side wall ofthe completed cylinder, a pin slidably mounted in said cylinder and having a laterally extending lug projecting through said slot, a coiled spring arranged in the cylinder between the closed end thereof and the inner end of the pin, and a'bearteeth for engagement by said lug.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Y my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

CLEMENT C. POWELL.

Witnesses: A

Gno. G. BURKE'r'r, FLORENCE STUFFLE.

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